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    Breeding rasboras

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    ive just bred rasbora beauforti, and it got me wondering about the interest in breeding this genus, as there is very little mentioned about them.
    my next project is to breed R spilocerca, could anyone tell me if they have been bred by anyone before.
    mick

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    Congrats on your latest success mick My only experience with the genus would be heteromorpha... My maculata have yet to spawn...

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    cheers X, ive just picked some maculata up i'll fatten them up before trying to spawn them.
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    I'll be waiting for the results... and to be embarassed

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    I know Simon has had success with one or two of the species. But from what I can see, most of the spawns are accidentals. No concerted efforts on the hobbyists' part as these are fairly common and cheap fishes here. Shame.

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    I have dwarf cichlids in my tanks! Do you?

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    i think it's the same here, most of the rasboras are pretty cheap so no-one bothers to breed them.
    my old mate breeds harlequins to supply a shop with all them, he breeds them no trouble at all.
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    My T. espei spawned without me knowing until I saw an extra small T. espei among the adults. I think that was the sole survival of the brood.

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    Always happened with my rasboras but never the barbs... Mick, any experience with hexazona?

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    yes a long time ago, the best way is if you have a spare tank 18inch minimum put a sponge filter in a couple of floating mops and a couple on the base fill the tank with fresh water put your conditioned pair in the night before you want to spawn them and thats it , as soon as you see the female is thinner take them out, the eggs hatch in 24-36 hours, first food infusoria for about 4-5 days then bbs and crushed flake food, micro worms are also good. and thats it mate
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    Seriously I can't even sex them. With my harlequins I'd just wake up before sunrise, watch them spawn and snip off the leaves that've been laid on. Not exactly the most efficient considering they spawn faster than my griffithii grow
    Last edited by Justikanz; 15th Mar 2006 at 15:49. Reason: Ahem, XnSdVd should know... :p

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    the male should have the brighter colours in the finnage, females are usially heavy looking fish, hope this helps.
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    this is the first decent pic ive got of the fry they seem to be camera shy, there looks to be about 150-200 fry in this batch.
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    Mick just wondering what you do with the fry... sell them to pet shops?? i hope theres no inbreeding going on...

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    yes the majority go to pet shops, auctions and friends, i always keep a small shoal back for myself to see how they grow, the only breeders are the parents.
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    oh cool.. i was wondering if breeders switch stock with each other just to keep out inbreeding.. or selectively choose the best male and female from their batch for mating purposes

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    some do ranma, but i prefer to breed of wild stock if poss to get.
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    that is always good, if not better, when possible..

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    I have accidental breeding of T. espei before also. It seem they always happen when I'm overseas and my plants grow without trimming and water not being changed. I believe the not changing water has some role to play in this.

    Often, I do not realize till I see a small t.espei amongst the adults. have bred pencils, same thing, frequent water change seem to deter spawning.
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    hi all
    Xn have you bred your maculata's yet?, mine were that poorly coloured i didn't bother and at the moment there are no maculata to be seen antwhere around my area, hope you had better luck than me.
    but on success i have bred uropthalmoides and brigittae i'm just waiting for them to pattern up.
    oh and one other fish that i am very proud to have done, rasbora spilocerca.

    mick
    Last edited by mickthefish; 13th Jul 2006 at 23:14.

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    Saw that on the other forum mick.. good on ya!!

    How small werer those boraras when they were born? must be tiny... and what do they eat?? i'd imagine there would be a linitation on what can fit thier mouths.. and size of eggs?

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